CHIRP: Chicago Independent Radio Project

Donate your old records to the CHIRP record fair!
Posted by Dustin D. on March 19, 2008 around 9pm

Have you been thinking of clearing out your closets or basement and getting rid of that old vinyl collection? We have a solution! You can donate all your unwanted records to the Chicago Independent Radio Project. Free up some space and help bring a new community radio station to Chicago! We can even arrange pick-ups. If you’d like to donate your vinyl to CHIRP, please email chirprecordfair@ gmail.com.

We promise not to judge you for all those Herb Alpert and Loggins & Messina records.

Public Input Seemingly Meaningless to FCC’s Media Ownership Review Process
Posted by Dustin D. on March 19, 2008 around 10am

A new study released by Penn State’s Institute for Information Policy criticizes the methods used by the FCC to organize their six public hearings on media ownership held throughout 2006-2007. Though the stated purpose of the hearings was to “fully involve” the public in a re-evaluation of the media ownership rules, Obar & Schejter argue that the FCC’s actions suggest that they had little interest in what the public had to say. (more…)

Big business blocks the public from meeting with the FCC
Posted by Dustin D. on March 19, 2008 around 10am

Reporters from Savetheinternet.org found that Comcast – or someone who really likes Comcast – evidently bused in its own crowd of seat warmers to a February 2008 public hearing about net neutrality. Hundreds of citizens, many of whom had taken the day off of work, were turned away at the door and not allowed to speak their concerns in front of the FCC Commissioners. Read the full report here along with video and audio evidence of the seat warmers being paid to fill the room.

Low Power FM Leadership Days
Posted by Jenny L. on March 7, 2008 around 10am

CHIRP President Shawn Campbell and I recently participated in Low Power FM Leadership Days, organized by the Promethus Radio Project. We traveled to Washington, DC and spent two days on Capitol Hill. The first day was spent meeting with other LPFM advocates from around the country and exchanging ideas and experiences with groups as varied as music fans from Radio Free Nashville to Pascua Yaqui Tribe leaders who run a LPFM station on their reservation. We were energized and inspired by their struggles and successes, and hope to continue the friendships we started that day. The second day, the group spent the morning at the Federal Communications Commission, meeting with FCC staff about the challenges of LPFM radio. (more…)